Man admits to murder of 14-year-old female neighbor, denies rape

April 7, 2016

A man in Phitsanulok has admitted to murdering a 14-year-old girl but he has denied raping her, according to police. The victim was strangled with a rope at her house in Bo Pho district on Tuesday. She was found without pants. Sorn Humpiang, 45, was arrested on Wednesday night at a corn plantation about 3 km away from the victim’s home in Nakhon Thai district. During police questioning, the suspect, who was a neighbor of the girl, confessed he drank two bottles of alcohol before going to his neighbor’s house to borrow a battery charger for his mobile phone on…